Implement-handle fastening.



s. T. ,BAGNALL Y IMPLEMENT HANDLE FASTENING.

PPLIUTION FILEDlOT. 3U. 190B. 967, 703. l Patented Aug. 16,1910.

SIDNEY 'll'. BAGNALL, 0F ROCHESTER', NWYOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October` 30, 1908. Serial No. @60,311.

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This invention relates to implement handle fastenings, the object inview being to provide an effective, safe and reliable fas tenmg meansfor securing the head of a hammer, hatchet, ax or the like, to thehelve, whereby the head is securely fastened to the handle and whereby anew handle may be readily substituted for an old one by any person ofordinary skill.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a handle fasteningwhich shall be simple durable and efficient, and which may benuinnfactured and sold ata comparatively low cost. v

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists inthe-,combination and arrangement o'f parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figurel is a sectional View illustrating the application of my improved handlefastening. llig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one endV of thehandle. Fig.- 3 is a detail perspective View of one of theclips. vFig.Il is a detail perspective view of the other clip, `and Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view'of the wedge.

` Referring to the drawing b reference numerals, 1 designates the heaand 2 the handle of a hammer. The inner portion of the handle 2 isprovided with opposite plane sides 3 which incline inwardly in thedirection of and extend tothe inner end of the handle. At right angleswith relation to the sides 3 portions of the handle-Q are removed toprovide a reduced extension 4 which is located in. the handle socket ofthe head 1. The provision of theextension el forms shoulders 5 .whichare disposed at right angles with relation to the sides 3 and whichengage the inner edge of the hammer head 1, said shoulders limiting theinsertion of the inner end of the hammer into the `handle socket. Thehead 1 is Vsecured to thehandle 2 by a pair of clips 6 and 7 which arerespectively secured to the plane sides 3 of the t to prevent handle bya bolt 8. The. bolt 8 passes through an opening 9 formed in the clip 7,through an opening 10 formed in thehandle 2, and has threaded engagementwith a socket 11 formed in the clip (i. Portions of the clips 6 and 7are located inthe handle socket of the head 1, and such portions arereduced to provide lips 12 which are located at the outer ends of theclips and which engage the outer side of the head 1, and to provideshoulders 13 which are located about cenrateatea ang. ie, iam.

trally between the ends of the clips and which engage the inner side ofthe hammer head, the lips and shoulders forming an interlock ingconnection between the clips and the head: The inner or opposing sidesof 4the clips 6 and 7 are inclined inwardly in the direction of the headand the clips are maintained in interlocking engagement with the head 1Yby means of an outwardly tapering wedge le.; The wedge 1li is locatedbetween the clips v6 and 7 and forms no partei the handleQ, and it canonly be applied and removed from the inner side of the head 1. 1n Viewthereof and in view of the fact that the extension 4 engages its innerend, it is impossible for the wedge to become accidentally displaced. Asthe wedge 14C cannot become accidentally displaced and as the handle 2is secured to and between the clips G and 7 by the bolt 8, theengagement be* tween-the handle andthe head 1 is such as the head frombecoming accidentally detached from the handle and is strong, durableand etlicient. When the shoulders 5 engage the inner side yof the head Lthe open1ng`10 is in registration with the opening 9 in the clip 7 andthe socket 11 in the clip 6, whereby to Jfacilitate the securing of thehandle to the clips. forms no part of the handle 2, the handle may beremovedv without removing the wedge, the Wedge maintaining the clips 6and 7 in interlocking engagement with the head 1. One end wall of thehandle socket of the head 1 is inclined upwardly and laterally toprovide recesses 15, and the clip 6 is l`lincreased in thicknessadjacent its lip 12, at

16, to occupy said recess.

lln ractice the clips 6 and 7 are applied to the ammer head 1, afterwhich the Wedge 14: is applied, the wedge securing the clips inappliedposition. The handle is then applied between rthe clips,

the extension 4t ofv 'As the wedge. 11tica ,t

the handle fitting in thesocket of the hammer head. The handle isSecured in applied position by means of the bolt 8.

It should be apparent from the above description, taken `in connect-ionwith the accompanying drawing, that I provide a handle fastening-Whichis silnple, durable and eiiicient, one Which Will permit the ,handle tobe readily and quickly applied and one Which may be manusold at acomparativelylow invention as applied to a hammer, Iwish it to beexpressly understood that the same maybe used With equally good resultson a hatchet, ax, or the like.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction maybe made Within the scope of the claims without departing from the spiritor sacricing any of the advantages of the invention. i

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is l, In animplement handle fastening, an implement having a handle-receivingpassage formed therein and extending throughout the implement,implement-retainmg clips secured to the handle and formed to provideshoulders for engaging the'implement to hold the same againstlongitudmal' movement, the said clips beingconstructed so that theopening in the implement is of Wedge-form With its reduced port-lonouterl most, and a Wedge fitting implement and having its inner endabutting the outer end of the handle.

2. In a fastening of the character described, the combination of ahammer-head having one end Wall of its handle-socket provided with arecess," of clips reduced to )rovide lips at their outer ends and shoulers intermediate their ends, the said lips and the said shouldersrespectively engaging the hammer-head at the ends of thehandle-receiving socket to hold the said hammer-head againstlongitudinal movement, the said clips being extended through the saidhandle-recelving socket and the said clips being of tapered constructionso that the said handle-receiving socket is of Wed eform, the reducedend of the socket being disposed outermost, a Wedge extendinglongitudinally in the handle-receivin socket and impinging a ainst theinner sur aces of the clips, a hand e extending into the socket of thehammer-head and having its outer extremity bearing directly against theenlarged end of the ,head, and a fastening device extending through theclips and through the handle. y

In testimon 'whereof I affix my signature in presence o t-Wo witnesses.

SIDNEY T. BAGN ALL.

lVitnesses FRANK DOEHLER, CHAS. J. KUHLMAN.

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